Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-04-22 | Page 6 | Wilbur Sees Reduction in Project Work

WilBUR SEES SEEST REDUCTION IN PROJECT T WORK ORK Shrunken Revenues Will Curtail Curtail Curtail Cur Cur- tail Activities Secretary Plans Trip West WASHINGTON April 22 2 T p-Of- of ot the thc interior department are arc nikIn making making- an nn especially early start this activities year ear on surveys s 's of numerous ties tics under their jurisdiction in Lu west- west t tern rn states Secret Secretary y Wilbur has urged this policy upon them so there may be plenty of time to work on the de departments department's departments department's de- de budget This he lic expects will have ha to be bc curtailed substantially substantially substantially this fall fail because of ot the strinGency stringency gency at the thc treasury caused by bj shrunken revenues re and md mat materially Increased expenditures for I tine government activities ISO NO o SERIOUS RESULTS Wilbur Is confident however that that necessary paring can be bc accomplished pUshed without serious harm to es essential essential es- es developments development A postponement postponement postponement postpone postpone- ment of a number of or projects which have hue been waiting their turn is likely mely and desired expansion of ac activities activities ac- ac In fn the thc reclamation projects Indian service and other interior department branches may nay be de de- de The secretary expects to KO go o west I during the summer t. t but he has not yet et decided when his trip will take I place nor how much territory he will cover er Indications now are arc his western stay will be comparatively ely I brief brier So arc most of or the trips being made by heads of bureaus MEAD 1 ON TOUR Reclamation Commissioner Mead will TilI ill b be back in Washington this week after less than a month spent in A rapid survey sur of or southwestern projects Indian Commissioner recently left lert for a bare three weeks In the same fame region Representatives Representatives Representatives of or the park service and other interior divisions ions arc also on tour Mead plans a second trip ta-ip west to cover er the more northern projects under his supervision ion He may ac accompany ac- ac company compan Mr Wilbur